Alice Frecknall is a poet and short fiction writer.
Her debut poetry collection is forthcoming from Out-Spoken Press in Autumn 2021, and is supported by public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Her writing has appeared in print in a number of anthologies, including Lightship Anthology, National Poetry Anthology, and The Stinging Fly. You can read her flash fiction story, 'Temporary Art', in Issue 28/Volume 2 of The Stinging Fly , here.
She was previously shortlisted for the Lightship International Short Story Prize, and the Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry 2019. Her shortlisted poem, The girl whose teeth fell out, can be read here.
Alice has an MA in Creative Writing, is a Roundhouse Poetry Collective alumna, and member of the UniSlam Post-Emerging Cohort. She has read her work at venues and festivals across the country, facilitated writing workshops for members of the public, and regularly writes with The Poetry Takeaway.
Photo: Suzi Corker